Press Releases

By Xchelzin Peña, Deming Headlight. Lt. Gov. kicks off state tour of schools in Deming. (Deming, NM) – New Mexico Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales visited Deming High School on Thursday to tour its facilities and hold a round-table discussion with educators, students...

(Santa Fe, NM) - Lt. Governor Howie Morales addressed the annual meeting of CONAHEC, 180 higher education institutions working toward more integration of colleges and universities in the North American region, on April 2nd.  The conference took place on the...

(Santa Fe, NM) – Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales praised Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for signing into law Senate Bill 22 earlier this month, establishing a new Cabinet-level state department that will lead a unified expansion and transformation of early...

(Santa Fe, NM) – “Tom Udall has been a champion for our nation’s clean air, water and public lands, and we are extremely grateful for his years of leadership and outstanding service.  No one has fought harder and more effectively for a national renewable...

By Greg Byrd, El Defensor Chieftain. Lt. Governor Howie Morales is a long-time supporter of the Downwinders organization as he grew up in southern New Mexico. He gave an opening ceremony speech to families and supporters of Downwinders. “This event and the work done...

New Mexico Lt. Governor Howie Morales applauded passage in the Senate Monday of legislation to create a state early education department, sponsored by Senator Michael Padilla of Albuquerque. Morales has a long history of support for an early learning department,...

There is new leadership for our state’s classrooms, bringing winds of change that are long overdue.  The new Secretary of the Public Education Department, recently appointed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, is Karen Trujillo -  a New Mexican with over a...

Lt. Governor Howie Morales had strong words of support for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s leadership following President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency in the service of his demand for a border wall.  The President’s declaration diverts funds crucial...

By Andrew Oxford, Santa Fe New Mexican - A bell on a desk greeted visitors to the lieutenant governor’s office during Howie Morales’ first couple weeks on the job. Ring for service, a sign said. Not particularly glamorous, it seemed to sum up the office of lieutenant...

By Dan Boyd, Albuquerque Journal – Throughout the years, the New Mexico lieutenant governor’s office has often been a lonely outpost in state government. But Lt. Gov. Howie Morales could be breaking new ground for the position. The Silver City Democrat has been given...